People and Place articles from September 2005

People and Place archives from September 2005

Economic prosperity and subjective well-being: comparing the aged in Australia and urban China.
September 1, 2005... The literature on the relationship between per capita income and life satisfaction indicates there is only marginal correlation between the two. This article explores measures of life satisfaction amongst persons aged 60+ in China and Australia...

Migrants' attitudes to immigration in Australia: 1990 to 2004.
September 1, 2005... Since 1990, migrant Australians' attitudes to immigration have waned and waxed according to the same overall pattern as those of the Australia-born. However, migrants are consistently less likely to want a decrease in the intake and...

Reflections on the state of Australian multiculturalism and the emerging multicultural debate in Australia 2005.
September 1, 2005... Mark Lopez, whose volume The Origins of Multiculturalism in Australian Politics examines the beginning of multiculturalism in Australia, here examines the contemporary dilemmas challenging multiculturalism produced by Islamic fundamentalism and...

Pipe dreams and ideologues: values and planning.
September 1, 2005... Strategies in all Australian cities are trying to facilitate urban centres that are dense and mixed in their uses. The clash of values over these plans is discussed through an analysis of a recent critique by Recsei from Save Our Suburbs. The...

The aftermath of Dr Death: has anything changed?(overseas trained doctors face rules and regulations in Australia)
September 1, 2005... The Bundaberg Hospital Commission of Inquiry into the surgical performance of Dr Jayant Patel has put the issue of accreditation of Overseas Trained Doctors on the front page. This review of the issue indicates that notwithstanding the...